Top Divorce & Separation Lawyers in Tempe | 5 available

Firm: The Weingart Firm, PLLC

4500 S Lakeshore Dr Ste 250 , Tempe , Arizona 85282

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

I started my career defending people accused of criminal charges,  I lived for the rush of a jury trial and the thrill of going up against the system. As it does though, fate intervened when a close friend of mine got into a nasty custody dispute with his ex-wife. He asked me to step-up as a lawyer and as a friend. At the conclusion of that matter I had found that I had a real talent for Domestic Relations law. It turns out I had the drive and ruthlessness it took to be an effective advocate in the family courts. Sometimes you have to take a few risks, that is what I did. Working with Mark Weingart, my father and mentor, I built up a Domestic Relations subsidiary to the existing Criminal Law firm. I am proud to say that now I have left my own mark on a well known and locally renowned company that my father started over 27 years ago.I enjoy Family Law because the rules are very relaxed and attorneys are afforded a great deal of freedom to handle cases as they see fit; as a proud Libertarian, I appreciate that. I am afforded a unique position in the Weingart Firm, in that while I primarily handle family law matters, I still cover the criminal calendar when I am needed, after all, that's where it all started.

Firm: Hildebrand Law, PC

1095 W Rio Salado Pkwy , Tempe , Arizona 85281

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

I have over 20 years of family law experience in Arizona. The philosophy at Hildebrand Law, PC is to establish relationships of trust and integrity with our clients. We have received many awards including being voted "Best of the Valley" for Family Law by Arizona Foothills Magazine two years in row! and receiving Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating of Preeminent Family Law Attorney!  We practice divorce, legal separation, paternity, child custody, restraining orders, estate planning, wills and trusts, durable powers of attorney, and living wills.

Firm: Mcmurdie Law Office PC

4500 S Lakeshore Dr Ste 300 , Tempe , Arizona 85282

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Cristi McMurdie has consistently provided exceptional representation for her clients since 1995. Cristi is the President and sole partner of the Tempe-based McMurdie Law Office, PC, WHYMediate Mediation Services and WHYCOACH Coaching Services. The major focus of McMurdie Law is to provide exceptional full representation, expert conflict resolution, mediation and limited scope representation in the family law arena.. Values: Cristi McMurdie continues to sharpen and deepen skills related to all of the services provided at McMurdie Law, WHYMediate and WHYCoach. For more than two decades, Cristi McMurdie has specialized in family law. Sustaining and preserving family relationships after divorce, relocation or modifications is a high value at McMurdie Law and a specialty of Cristi’s. Cristi McMurdie’s conservative approach to clients’ legal needs entails reviewing options that may include mediation first. (See .) Opportunities for resolution out of court can occur at many stages of your case, from the beginning, even into the middle of a trial.. Training: Cristi McMurdie graduated from Arizona State University College of Law in 1992, passing the Arizona Attorney bar examination with her peers. After practicing insurance defense for three years, Ms. McMurdie began her own family law practice. Ms. McMurdie was drawn to mediation as a way for families to navigate through the legal system, reaching the same result and with less strife, conserving costs and sometimes preserving co-parenting relationships. Ms. McMurdie attends annual mediation trainings to stay current, in addition to continuing legal courses that are required by the Arizona Bar of Attorneys.. Once trained in mediation in 1997, McMurdie Law initially offered mediation by subsidiary A1Mediation Services. In 2014, A1Mediation Services was renamed to WHYmediate Mediation Services when Cristi McMurdie became a certified WHY coaching augments mediation with your complimentary WHY discovery,to assist in deepening communication to help the mediation process. Cristi McMurdie has been a consistent member of the Arizona Bar since 1993, a member of the local mediators group – Maricopa County Association of Family Mediators (MCAFM) since 1997, and is a certified business and life coach by the Adler School of Professional Coaching(2004), Marcia Weider’s Dream University for individuals and Groups(2006), and since 2014, aWHYCoach. McMurdie’s coaching training is very helpful in mediation.. Cristi McMurdie is a member of professional associations, including Eliances, a group of more than 800+ talented local entrepreneurs that share knowledge and business ideas, and the Sisterhood of Happiness, a group of professional women who value relationships with business, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and also two distinct local attorney groups who give one another assistance on legal matters and referrals.. Community: Cristi McMurdie is an active member of the Tempe, Ahwatukee, and Chandler Chamber of Commerce and has built a referral based practice in the areas of law, mediation, and coaching.. Family: Cristi McMurdie’s adult sons are thriving in life and living with their families in San Francisco and Seattle after they obtained their PhDs from Stanford and University of Washington.

Firm: Nielsen Kathleen A Attorney

4500 S. Lakeshore Drive Suite 300 , Tempe , Arizona 85284

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Firm: Berkshire Law Office

1225 W. Washington Street , Tempe , Arizona 85288

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Civil , Family , Medical Malpractice, Patents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

Keith Berkshire is a certified specialist in Family Law, and a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, at the Berkshire Law Office, PLLC. Keith practices in all areas of family law, with a focus on complex litigation and appeals. Keith has a significant appellate practice with more published Family Law Opinions than another other attorney in Arizona, including 36 Opinions at the Arizona Court of Appeals and Arizona Supreme Court. Keith is the author of the Family Law section of the Arizona Appellate Handbook, and his Opinions include major cases such as Skoglund v. Barbour, Saba v. Khoury, Volk v. Brame, McLaughlin v. Jones, Woyton v. Ward, Gonzalez-Gunter v. Gunter, and Barron v. Barron. Keith also successfully litigated the case Howell v. Howell, 137 S. Ct. 1400 (2017) at the Supreme Court of the United States.. Keith was a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Task Force on the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure, which restyled and rewrote the Family Law Rules in 2018; he previously served on the Family Law Practice and Procedure Committee of the State Bar of Arizona, the Civil Rules Committee, as well as the State Bar of Arizona’s Family Law Section Executive Committee. Keith was also a member of the Court Procedures Workgroup for the Domestic Relations Committee of the State Legislature as part of the 2013 changes to the custody statutes, and has authored numerous other family law rules and statutes.. Keith is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell since 2012, is listed in Best Lawyers in America, and has been in the Super Lawyers Listing every year since 2012, including a selection as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Arizona in all areas of practice, in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024. Keith was also named Family Law Lawyer of the Year in Phoenix by Best Lawyers for 2022 and 2024. Keith is a frequent lecturer at CLEs on all areas of family law and appellate practice, and has served as an expert witness on variously family law issues.